The Corsican Woman

Author : Madge Swindells
Publisher : Ulverscroft
ISBN 13 : 9780708985328
Total Pages : 626 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Corsican Woman written by Madge Swindells and published by Ulverscroft. This book was released on 1989 with total page 626 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of Sybilia Rocca, who, forced into marriage at sixteen, plots revenge on the domineering father-in-law who plagues her life.

Author : Madge Swindells
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Corsican Woman written by Madge Swindells and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Alexandre Dumas
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Corsican Brothers written by Alexandre Dumas and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-11-13 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Corsican Brothers tells the story of two conjoined brothers who, though separated at birth, can still feel each other's pains. The story starts in March 1841, when the narrator travels to Corsica and stays at the home of the widow Savilia de Franchi who lives near Olmeto and Sullacaro. She is a mother of a former conjoined twin, Louis and Lucien. Louis is a lawyer in Paris, while Lucien clings on to his Corsican roots and thus stays at his mother's home. The narrator learns that the brothers were once conjoined, but separated at birth by a doctor with his scalpel. Despite being separated Louis and Lucien can still feel each other's emotions, even at distance. Lucien explains he has a mission to undertake, with reluctance. He has to mediate in a vendetta between the Orlandi and Colona families and invites the narrator to accompany him and meet the head of the Orlandi family. Alexandre Dumas, père (1802-1870) was a French writer whose works have been translated into nearly 100 languages and he is one of the most widely read French authors. His most famous works are The Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers.

Author : Peter Mayle
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307962873
Total Pages : 141 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Corsican Caper written by Peter Mayle and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2014-05-13 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is Peter Mayle at his effervescent best—his master sleuth, Sam Levitt, eating, drinking, and romancing his way through the South of France even as he investigates a case of deadly intrigue among the Riviera’s jet set. Billionaire Francis Reboul is taking in the view at his coastal estate, awaiting the arrival of vacationing friends Sam Levitt and Elena Morales, when he spies a massive yacht whose passengers seem a little too interested in his property. The yacht belongs to rapacious Russian tycoon Oleg Vronsky, who, for his own purposes, will stop at nothing to obtain Reboul’s villa. When Reboul refuses to sell, Vronsky’s methods quickly turn unsavory. Now it’s up to Sam—he’s saved Reboul’s neck before—to negotiate with an underworld of mercenaries and hit men, not to mention the Corsican mafia, to prevent his friend from becoming a victim of Vronsky’s “Russian diplomacy.” The dire situation doesn’t stop Sam and Elena from attending glamorous fêtes where the wines and starlets alike sparkle, and enjoying sumptuous meals—from multicourse revelations to understated delights like the first asparagus of the season, on which one must make a wish. But as Sam’s sleuthing draws him closer to the truth of Vronsky’s schemes, he realizes Reboul might not be the only one unable to enjoy the good life for long. Brimming with entertaining twists, sparkling scenery, and mouthwatering gustatory interludes as only Peter Mayle can write them, The Corsican Caper is a one-way ticket to pleasure, Provençal style. This eBook edition includes a Reading Group Guide.

Author : Madge Swindells
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9784444405379
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Corsican Woman a Special written by Madge Swindells and published by . This book was released on 2000-09 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Emily Howland Hoppin
Publisher : Legare Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781019627150
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Under the Corsican written by Emily Howland Hoppin and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Under the Corsican is a novel set in Corsica during the 19th century. It follows the story of a young woman, Rose, as she navigates life in a new and unfamiliar place. Along the way, she meets new friends and finds herself caught in the middle of a political conflict. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in historical fiction and the history of Corsica. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Madge Swindells
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Corsican Women written by Madge Swindells and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Julia Gasper
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1611494400
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Theodore Von Neuhoff, King of Corsica written by Julia Gasper and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2013 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A visionary and a madman" was how one British statesman, Lord Carteret, described Theodore von Neuhoff. This exciting biography, Theodore von Neuhoff, King of Corsica: The Man behind the Legend by Julia Gasper, traces the unlikely career of the German baron who in 1736 had himself crowned the King of Corsica. Theodore von Neuhoff's career spanned the entire European continent and his role in the Corsican rebellion against Genoa was as bold and unconventional as everything else in his life. Mixing with royalty, rogues and rabble, he was successively a soldier, secret agent, Jacobite, speculator, alchemist, cabbalist, Rosicrucian, astrologer, fraudster, and spy. He had changed his name several times, abducted a nun and seen the inside of several prisons before turning his hand to revolution. Neuhoff had daring far-sighted ideas about religious tolerance and the abolition of slavery that turned the Corsican rebellion into a significant political event with repercussions way beyond the shores of one small island. Denounced as an arch-criminal, traitor and seditious heretic, he survived pursuit by the agents of the Genoese Republic for twenty years with a price on his head, dodging assassination attempts while meeting countless famous and fascinating people. Valuable to the British as a political tool against the French, he spent his old age in relative comfort in an English debtors' prison. Theodore von Neuhoff, King of Corsica argues that despite all his eccentricity Neuhoff was still a significant Enlightenment figure.

Author : Dorothy Carrington
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141918195
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Granite Island written by Dorothy Carrington and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2015-04-30 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Get away from here before you're completely bewitched and enslaved...' Dorothy Carrington was told, while sitting in a fisherman's cafe at the magically quiet midday hour. But enslaved she was. GRANITE ISLAND, much more than a travel book, grew out of years spent in Corsica and is an incomparably vivid and delightful portrait. For the first time Corsica is brought to light as a vital element in Europe: a highly individualistic island culture whose people have nurtured their love of freedom and political justice, as well as their pride, hospitality and poetry.

Author : Julia Gasper
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 0244408041
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Women of Corsica written by Julia Gasper and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-12 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The women of Corsica are as remarkable and extraordinary as everything else about this unique Mediterranean island. Through centuries of fierce struggle it has bred women who are tough, brave, resourceful and redoubtable, passing on a culture that has often been materially poor but spiritually rich. Here they are, wives and warriors, saints, spies and seductresses, poets, painters, patriots and bandits. Anyone who visits the island and is interested in learning more about its women will find this a useful little handbook.